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wayne lapierre seems the angry side of gun rights and threatening. it's amazing to me these are the two figures that have emerged in this back and forth. but -- >> what do you have, deep pockets on both sides. you have mayor bloomberg -- >> he who has the money. >> of course. mayor bloomberg, a billionaire and can spend this money. takes a $1 salary from new york, not why he is mayor of new york, for the money. >> right. >> and wayne lapierre has been involved in this fight for a while. and now he has an adversary with deep pockets and needs to push back. >> right. in a way, it's kind of raising wayne lapierre's profile, if anything. and the nra's profile. so we know from the senate bill last week they have jettisoned the assault weapons ban and bans on high-capacity magazines, which really puts all the eggs -- making my easter reference, all the eggs in the background checks basket. let me play something that tom coburn, republican senator from oklahoma, said over oh the weekend on c-span, talking about where they are in background checks. >> they'r
wayne lapierre seems the angry side of gun rights and threatening. it's amazing to me these are the two figures that have emerged in this back and forth. but -- >> what do you have, deep pockets on both sides. you have mayor bloomberg -- >> he who has the money. >> of course. mayor bloomberg, a billionaire and can spend this money. takes a $1 salary from new york, not why he is mayor of new york, for the money. >> right. >> and wayne lapierre has been involved in...
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and on sunday, "meet the press" will have an exclusive interview with the nra's ceo wayne lapierre. it's the only interview he'll be doing after friday's press conference. >>> developing now, the first two of hearings on the benghazi attack now under way in the senate. began an hour ago. this is the hearing secretary clinton was supposed to attend. she has been home recovering from the flu and a concussion. and she is being replaced by her deputy secretaries of state bill burns and tom nides. the hearing comes less than 48 hours after the release of a report that blamed the state department for systemic failures leading up to the attacks that killed four americans, including ambassador stevens. >> the board found that the security posture at the special mission compound was inadequate for the threat environment in benghazi and, in fact, grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place that night. >> immediately after the report came out, the state department's head of diplomatic security, eric boswell and head of the embassy security charlene lamb resigned. the state depar
and on sunday, "meet the press" will have an exclusive interview with the nra's ceo wayne lapierre. it's the only interview he'll be doing after friday's press conference. >>> developing now, the first two of hearings on the benghazi attack now under way in the senate. began an hour ago. this is the hearing secretary clinton was supposed to attend. she has been home recovering from the flu and a concussion. and she is being replaced by her deputy secretaries of state bill...
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. >> that was the nra's wayne lapierre. president obama heads to that state today to continue to push for tougher gun laws. with me now the democratic congresswoman, elizabeth este whose district includes newtown. congresswoman, good morning to you. >> good morning, chuck. dwl glad to be here. >> i want to play your governor's response to wayne lapierre. >> wayne remipnds me of the clowns at the circus, they get the most attention. that's what he's paid to do. this guy is so out of whack. it's unbelievable. 92% of the american people want universal background checks. >> congresswoman, just react to both your governor's new laws and what your sense is that whether this push for new gun control is stalled or not in congress. >> well, i'm highly supportive of what happened here in connecticut and i think it is a template for what we ought to be doing in congress. here in connecticut, which is a big gun state, we have arms manufacturers here, it's part of our economic base and my district, for example, has many gun owners and h
. >> that was the nra's wayne lapierre. president obama heads to that state today to continue to push for tougher gun laws. with me now the democratic congresswoman, elizabeth este whose district includes newtown. congresswoman, good morning to you. >> good morning, chuck. dwl glad to be here. >> i want to play your governor's response to wayne lapierre. >> wayne remipnds me of the clowns at the circus, they get the most attention. that's what he's paid to do. this guy...
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they face off with wayne lapierre. it's the first senate hearing on gun violence. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> i'd like to be able to sit down with the nra at some point and talk to them about this. i know a lot of members of the nra. i've thought about joining at one point. this is just happening way too frequently. we can't have another 20 first graders murdered in their classroom. >> lapierre has released the statement he plans to deliver today. unsurprising will he, he will denounce a proposed assault weapons ban. somewhat more surprisingly, he will come out aggressively against the background checks bill which a lot of folks thought the nra would quietly not fight too hard. he'll say this "law abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranges. criminals, have been around for over 100 years. background checks will never be universal because criminals will never submit to them." giffords and kelly will appear on the panel several weeks afte
they face off with wayne lapierre. it's the first senate hearing on gun violence. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> i'd like to be able to sit down with the nra at some point and talk to them about this. i know a lot of members of the nra. i've thought about joining at one point. this is just happening way too frequently. we can't have another 20 first graders murdered in their classroom. >> lapierre has released the statement he...
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gabby giffords in conflict, dick durbin versus wayne lapierre and suggested just how hard the debate will be. giffords and her husband, mark kelly, made an emotional appeal to congress to expand background checks to gun shows and private sales. >> too many children are dying. too many children you must act. be bold. be courageous. >> my wife would not be sitting in this seat. she would not have been sitting here today if we had stronger background checks. >> but the national rifle association chair, wayne lapierre, came out aggressively against background checks, arguing that the legislation which has the best chance in congress will do nothing to stem gun violence. >> my problem with background checks is you're never going to get criminals to go through universal background checks. >> we'll stop them from the original purchase. you miss that point completely. and i think it's basic. >> senator, i think you missed -- >> let there be order! >> and lapierre tried to turn the debate back on the administration. >> drug dealers with guns, gangs with guns, and felons with guns. they're sim
gabby giffords in conflict, dick durbin versus wayne lapierre and suggested just how hard the debate will be. giffords and her husband, mark kelly, made an emotional appeal to congress to expand background checks to gun shows and private sales. >> too many children are dying. too many children you must act. be bold. be courageous. >> my wife would not be sitting in this seat. she would not have been sitting here today if we had stronger background checks. >> but the national...
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. >> the head of the national rifle association, wayne lapierre, isn't buying it. he says the president's gun control effort is a charade, a political effort disguised as a public safety issue. >> they only care about their decades long, decades old gun control agenda. ban every gun they can, tax every gun sold, and register every american gun owner. >> david gregory is moderator of nbc's "meet the press." david, you're going to have a big, actually, subsection of guns in america on "meet the press" today. the president going to chicago. he supposedly going to talk about some economic stuff, but he had to deal with this gun issue, especially in his hometown. >> but that's a question of how guns get trafficked, how they get into the city, as well as which guns. the reality is, what does the president say? you pointed this out on state of the union. the white house is not confident they get a ban on assault weapons or magazines, as you well know. background checks looks better. look, wayne lapierre is getting ready for 2014 and the midterm elections and making this m
. >> the head of the national rifle association, wayne lapierre, isn't buying it. he says the president's gun control effort is a charade, a political effort disguised as a public safety issue. >> they only care about their decades long, decades old gun control agenda. ban every gun they can, tax every gun sold, and register every american gun owner. >> david gregory is moderator of nbc's "meet the press." david, you're going to have a big, actually, subsection of...
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this morning, three months after nra ceo wayne lapierre responded to the shootings by calling for armed guards in schools, asa hutchinson, a likely candidate for governor in arkansas, also the head of the nra's school shield program, he will announce the group's recommendations for school safety. and nra spokesman says the plan will, quote, go beyond armed personnel. as that public effort unfolds, language that would replace a provision in democratic push bill criminalizing the straw purchases at gun dealers with language that would require law enforcement officials to prove that the straw purchaser had evidence the buyer was prohibited from buying guns or knew the buyer intended to commit a crime. as recently as 1999, the nra supported background checks. now the group is opposed and made it difficult for senate democrats to build support beyond 50 plus democrats. new york senator chuck schumer has been searching for a republican partner to sign on to compromise legislation. after oklahoma's tom coburn refused to sign on to any bill that required record keeping for private gun sales, he
this morning, three months after nra ceo wayne lapierre responded to the shootings by calling for armed guards in schools, asa hutchinson, a likely candidate for governor in arkansas, also the head of the nra's school shield program, he will announce the group's recommendations for school safety. and nra spokesman says the plan will, quote, go beyond armed personnel. as that public effort unfolds, language that would replace a provision in democratic push bill criminalizing the straw purchases...
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every marco rube there will be a wayne lapierre, every bobby jindal there it will be a sarah palin a week from today, after a series of listening tour stops around the country, the republican national committee chairman reince priebus will release the autopsy of the 2012 election. could be a painful process. priebus advertised the report a bit he did so last week at the stop in iowa. >> we need to be a big party. we need to be a -- an all year round party. we need to look at our mechanics, our digital and our data. we are going to have to raise a whole lot of money. we are going to have to set standards for state parties across america. let's face it i mean, we haven't won a decisive race, really decisive presidential race in 24 years. >> expect to dethe party divides are on full display this week where they decide if it is mortgage pizza, think policy and substance or the pizza abortion the packaging. in iowa, priebus disagreed what karl rove was trying to do saying "there are a lot of groups out there picking winners and losers in primaries but it won't help party." >> personally,
every marco rube there will be a wayne lapierre, every bobby jindal there it will be a sarah palin a week from today, after a series of listening tour stops around the country, the republican national committee chairman reince priebus will release the autopsy of the 2012 election. could be a painful process. priebus advertised the report a bit he did so last week at the stop in iowa. >> we need to be a big party. we need to be a -- an all year round party. we need to look at our...
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i learned that, let's see, wayne lapierre is extreme on guns and paul krugman is extreme on debt. they sort of occupy their own alternative universeses and the question is whether the republicans are going to have the guts to stand up to lapierre and whether democrats will be strong enough to walk away from krugman. but we'll see what happens. if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's time for "morning joe". >> tell us. >> it's time for "morning joe," but now it's time for "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. have a great day. happy valentine's day! >>> the posturing around chuck hagel's nomination for a defense secretary, well, it's getting murkier by the minute. are republicans gearing up to deny an up or down vote for the pentagon kick before the weekend? >>> president obama's road show policy push hits atlanta today and we'll take a deep dive into the options and odds of the president having to fall back on executive actions, because his policies won't go anywhere in congress. >>> and the republican ruckus over karl rove's conservative counter-strategy is reaching a bit
i learned that, let's see, wayne lapierre is extreme on guns and paul krugman is extreme on debt. they sort of occupy their own alternative universeses and the question is whether the republicans are going to have the guts to stand up to lapierre and whether democrats will be strong enough to walk away from krugman. but we'll see what happens. if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's time for "morning joe". >> tell us. >> it's time for "morning joe,"...